MANY FEATURES, BUILT APPROX YR 1900 STILL IN GREAT CONDITION

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   A wonderful turn-of-the-century home tastefully added-to and maintained, ready for another family to take over.  We have lived here for 32 years, raised our family, and "enjoyed" .

   Normal entrance is off the driveway (slide #1) and into the large family room (slide #2) with the first of 2 w/burning fireplaces flanked by shelves, bookcases and a full mantel.  A pass thru opens to the kitchen #3 and keeps everyone in touch.  The cabinets are finished as is all the woodwork in distressed antique ivory.  Two pantrys w/fold-out table (complete with built-in cabinets) are available with the close-by down stairs bath leading to the bedroom. 

   The large living room plus a "great room* form the east end of the home where the stairs lead upstairs; the east end and the stairs were finished with narrow oak boards, but covered with carpet in 1960, leaving a choice to the new owners.  Upstairs is where we added a room in the southeast part of the house over what was the screened-in porch below.  The wood working revealed rock-hard oak boards nailed with "cut" nails not used after the turn of the century.  We continued the practice of installing oddles of storage.

    Returning downstairs the wall #20 provides adequate space to display family photos, with the mantle over the 2nd fireplace showing off antiques #21.  The light switch shown in #20 turns on giant floodlights outside the southeast corner of the house.

    Heating of the downstairs is done by an "early-bird" furnace #22 located in the basement.  Heat upstairs is by a Crane furnace set in the attic above upper hallway and a pulldown stairs.  The Crane A/C compressor is located near the southeast corner next to the 3.5 ton Carrier A/C compressor, with the air handler located above the utility room.  The house electrical was upgraded to 200 amp service when the Carrier unit was installed 5 years ago on 9-2-03.  A 100 amp circuit box at the southeast side of the house serves that equipment, with the 200 amp box located in the garage.  The 110 volt wiring is largely 2-wire, although the outlets have been upgraded to have the three-hole pluggins for convenience.  Also, the waterlines in the basement were replaced with "poly butaline" in 1976 as was the waterline to the city line because the galvanized pipes had corrosion buildup in them, .  Water heater is less than 1 year old.  Outside, the older garage and the newer shop building both were constructed with 10 ft sides to provide good storage in the attics.